
4th Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Mystery of the Missing Pie
Free printable 4th Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Mystery of the Missing Pie. It practices inference (Common Core RL.4.1). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Reading Comprehension
- Skill
- Inference
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RL.4.1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Mystery of the Missing Pie” is sheet 22 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on inference.
In the set it comes after “Should Kids Have Homework?” and before “Monarchs: Tiny Travelers”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RL.4.1 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Literature · Key ideas and details
Children work on reading closely, asking and answering questions about the text, and pointing to the details that show the answer.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Ask your child to underline evidence in the text before answering. Fourth grade answers should quote or point to the text.
- 2
For the poem and the play, read them aloud together. Structure is easier to notice when you hear it.
- 3
After each passage, ask for a one-sentence summary. It is the quickest check of understanding.







